CORTINA v. GULF STATES UTILITIES

No. 91 CA 0405.

594 So.2d 1326 (1991)

José R. CORTINA v. GULF STATES UTILITIES-CAJUN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE, INC., Gulf States Utilities Company, and Cajun Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evelyn L. Wilson, Clinton, for plaintiff-appellant José R. Cortina.

Robert R. Rainer, William Hodgkins, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-appellants GSU-Cajun Partnership, et al.

Leon A. Picou, in pro. per.

Cynthia Picou, in pro. per.

John Rarrick, St. Francisville, for defendant-appellee Picou & Picou.

Before LOTTINGER, SAVOIE and LeBLANC, JJ.


LOTTINGER, Judge.

The subject matter of this appeal is a suit filed by José R. Cortina (Cortina), plaintiff-first appellant, seeking attorney's fees from the GSU-Cajun partnership and its partners, Gulf States Utilities Company (GSU) and Cajun Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (Cajun). Cortina alleges he is due these fees based on his representation of the West Feliciana Parish School Board (School Board) in a prior suit which ultimately held sales and use taxes...

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